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Job Description
***This position is contingent upon contract award to Lockheed Martin. Estimated award date is currently July 2026. Any job offers extended to chosen candidates will include a contingency clause stating that the offer is dependent on Lockheed Martin securing the contract.***
Position details:
Location: Littleton, CO
Work Schedule: 9x80
Position type: Full-time onsite (this is not a hybrid position)
Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an RF Engineer to join our team in Littleton, CO!
As an RF Engineer, you will architect, design, and develop RF systems and circuitry, including receivers, transmitters, antennas, and frequency synthesizers. You will perform hardware layout, component evaluation, prototype construction, and test, while supporting manufacturing during assembly and verification. You will also develop RF system and subsystem architectures, perform link analysis, and track technical performance metrics to ensure design integrity and mission success.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Architect, design, and develop RF systems, subsystems, and circuitry
• Perform RF modeling, simulation, and trade studies to validate designs
• Develop and test RF hardware, including prototypes and final assemblies
• Prepare test methods, specifications, and performance analysis reports
• Support manufacturing, integration, and test of RF components and payloads
• Develop system/subsystem architectures, functional allocations, and performance requirements
• Track and report RF technical performance metrics (TPMs)
• Review team member's designs and mentor others
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Basic Qualifications
• Experience performing RF modeling and simulation (for example: HFSS, ADS, SystemVue, AWR or equivalent)
• Experience with RF circuit card assembly schematic and layout capture (for example: Xpedition, Zuken or equivalent)
• Experience performing integration and test of RF components, payloads, and/or subsystems (for example: vector network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, phase noise analyzer, power meters)
• Experience testing and troubleshooting RF systems
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance; US citizenship required
Desired skills
• Familiarity with CAD systems (e.g., Creo, AutoCAD)
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) for materials and production tracking
• Exposure to RF hardware or antenna systems
• Experience with product lifecycle phases (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR)
• Certification as a Certified Principal Engineer (CPE), Responsible Engineer, or equivalent
• Experience with RF/digital payload test and measurement techniques
• Architecture, integration, and test of Electronically Steerable Arrays (ESA), Radar Systems, RF/digital payloads, TT&C, or missile communications subsystems
• Development of analog/digital interfaces
• Design of active components such as LNAs, hybrids, LTWTAs, SSPAs, oscillators, and frequency converters
• RF front-end design experience
• Experience managing research or design projects
• Coding experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including accountability, on-time execution, and effective collaboration with customers, management, and peers
• Active Top Secret clearance
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EEO
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Other Important Information
By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Work Schedule Information
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $82,900 - $146,165. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $95,300 - $165,255. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.